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Adelaide Street Surgery vs St Pauls Medical Centre
Two GP practices in the same primary care network, a short way apart. Side by side, with the margin of error on every figure.
Can the survey tell them apart?
Adelaide Street Surgery and St Pauls Medical Centre cannot be told apart on the Practice Grade. The likely ranges overlap, so the data does not show that one is ahead of the other, whatever the two numbers are.
Side by side
| Measure | Adelaide Street SurgeryFY1 3JG | St Pauls Medical CentreFY1 2HH |
|---|---|---|
| Practice Grade (the 2026 GP Patient Survey and NHS appointment and phone data) | ||
| Practice Grade | 67.1likely range 51.5 to 80.198 survey answers | 56.2likely range 44.9 to 66.997 survey answers |
| Label (against the England average) | Cannot be told apart from the England average | No label |
| Patients who describe the practice as good | 60.9%likely range 38.6% to 79.4%, 98 answers | 54.8%likely range 39.0% to 69.8%, 97 answers |
| Access (mean of the two below) | 81.5%likely range 78.2% to 84.1%Clearly higher | 59.4%likely range 51.2% to 66.6% |
| Appointments within two weeks of booking | 91.1%likely range 86.7% to 94.1%, 3,600 appointmentsClearly higher | 68.9%likely range 60.7% to 76.1%, 2,080 appointments |
| Calls answered by the practice | 71.8%likely range 67.0% to 76.1%, 7,730 calls | Not in the grade: no phone data |
| More survey questions (not part of the grade) | ||
| Getting through on the phone | 33.9%likely range 16.6% to 57.1%, 94 answers | 48.1%likely range 32.5% to 64.1%, 93 answers |
| Reception and admin team | 75.5%likely range 52.4% to 89.6%, 96 answers | 69.0%likely range 52.7% to 81.6%, 97 answers |
| Having a preferred professional | 31.3%likely range 14.9% to 54.2%, 97 answers | 36.1%likely range 22.4% to 52.4%, 96 answers |
| Seeing your preferred professional | Not shown: fewer than 30 answers | 19.7%likely range 5.9% to 48.9%, 32 answers |
| Knowing the next step | 78.8%likely range 55.4% to 91.7%, 93 answers | 74.0%likely range 57.1% to 85.9%, 88 answers |
| Contacting the practice | 60.0%likely range 37.6% to 78.9%, 96 answers | 48.5%likely range 32.9% to 64.5%, 93 answers |
| Wait for an appointment | 66.2%likely range 42.1% to 84.1%, 86 answers | 53.5%likely range 37.0% to 69.3%, 88 answers |
| Being listened to | 69.8%likely range 46.5% to 86.0%, 94 answers | 79.1%likely range 63.0% to 89.4%, 93 answers |
| Care and concern | 73.0%likely range 49.5% to 88.2%, 93 answers | 72.8%likely range 56.3% to 84.8%, 93 answers |
| Confidence and trust | 91.3%likely range 69.2% to 98.0%, 90 answers | 79.5%likely range 63.5% to 89.6%, 94 answers |
| Involvement in decisions | 67.9%likely range 44.3% to 84.9%, 91 answers | 86.8%likely range 71.6% to 94.5%, 91 answers |
| Needs met | 74.8%likely range 50.8% to 89.6%, 89 answers | 85.7%likely range 70.5% to 93.7%, 93 answers |
| Vaccinations and screening (NHS England QOF, not part of the grade) | ||
| Babies at 8 months | 88.9%likely range 82.9% to 92.9%, 153 patients | 85.5%likely range 75.9% to 91.7%, 76 patients |
| Children at 18 months | 87.0%likely range 80.8% to 91.4%, 154 patients | 92.9%likely range 84.3% to 96.9%, 70 patients |
| Children at 5 years | 80.7%likely range 74.1% to 86.0%, 166 patients | 88.2%likely range 80.6% to 93.1%, 102 patients |
| Women aged 25 to 49 | 52.0%likely range 50.0% to 54.0%, 2,427 patients | 51.8%likely range 49.3% to 54.2%, 1,591 patients |
| Women aged 50 to 64 | 57.7%likely range 54.8% to 60.5%, 1,177 patients | 62.3%likely range 59.2% to 65.3%, 962 patients |
| Facts (NHS England, not part of the grade) | ||
| Registered patients | 14,642August 2026 | 10,844August 2026 |
| Primary care network | Blackpool Central West PCN | Blackpool Central West PCN |
| Phone | 01253 620725 | 01253 623896 |
| Friends and Family Test (its own feedback) | 81.4% good or very good446 answers, June 2026 | 86.6% good or very good554 answers, June 2026 |
| Appointments (one month) | 5,521 in August 2026Same day 25.4%; face to face 64.5% | 3,996 in August 2026Same day 28.5%; face to face 70.7% |
| Antibiotic items per STAR-PU (one year) | 0.84England 0.74, April 2025 to March 2026 | 0.91England 0.74, April 2025 to March 2026 |
| GPs (full-time equivalent) | 3.0 qualified permanent9.5 including trainees and locums4,902 patients per permanent GP | 6.4 qualified permanent10.0 including trainees and locums1,701 patients per permanent GP |
| CQC rating (a separate source) | Good | Good |
“Clearly higher” appears only when a practice’s likely range lies wholly above every other practice’s here. When the ranges overlap, the survey cannot tell the practices apart and nobody is pointed out. A practice never gets a mark for being lower.
The Practice Grade weighs the survey and access, from NHS appointment and phone data; the other survey questions are from the 2026 GP Patient Survey. The facts are from NHS England, the Care Quality Commission and OHID, are not part of the grade, and are shown as each practice’s own record. NHS England advises against ranking practices on the Friends and Family Test or on appointment figures, and we point nothing out in the facts, vaccination or screening rows.
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Sources
- 2026 GP Patient Survey: https://www.gp-patient.co.uk/
- Contains information from NHS England, licenced under the current version of the Open Government Licence
- Contains information from the Care Quality Commission, licensed under the Open Government Licence. CQC must be acknowledged as the source of the data; CQC is not responsible for our analysis.
- Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Antibiotic prescribing: UK Health Security Agency and Office for Health Improvement and Disparities (Fingertips), from NHS Business Services Authority prescribing data.